Scott Leminski
@scottleminski.bsky.social
I walk a lot.
Writer: Creates worlds from words.
WIPs
- Fantasy: The Oriana Chronicles
- SciFi: TPC Files
- SFF Shorts: Milieu
Ottawa, ON Canada
Writer: Creates worlds from words.
WIPs
- Fantasy: The Oriana Chronicles
- SciFi: TPC Files
- SFF Shorts: Milieu
Ottawa, ON Canada
Pinned
#SciFiFri (White / Drink)
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The instruments continued to say there was water all around. Show that to Marcos and Taylor, floating in a sea of sand, waves of dunes buffeting them one way then the other. What succor can one pull from 19% humidity when a suit's recirculators can't keep up.
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The instruments continued to say there was water all around. Show that to Marcos and Taylor, floating in a sea of sand, waves of dunes buffeting them one way then the other. What succor can one pull from 19% humidity when a suit's recirculators can't keep up.
Luci uses one of her sandals, Joe his phone, and I just reach out with my hands dragging dirt to our mound. The rain has abatted and bubbles percolate up from the ground, breaking in the half-foot sea surrounding us.
"Ripples!" Joe yells, and we stand back-to-back.
#horrorprompt 2040 (Soggy ground)
"Ripples!" Joe yells, and we stand back-to-back.
#horrorprompt 2040 (Soggy ground)
December 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Luci uses one of her sandals, Joe his phone, and I just reach out with my hands dragging dirt to our mound. The rain has abatted and bubbles percolate up from the ground, breaking in the half-foot sea surrounding us.
"Ripples!" Joe yells, and we stand back-to-back.
#horrorprompt 2040 (Soggy ground)
"Ripples!" Joe yells, and we stand back-to-back.
#horrorprompt 2040 (Soggy ground)
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A #Roman rock crystal ring decorated with a crescent and stars inlaid with gold foil - it looks like an emoji 🤩, but for the Romans this wasn’t just decoration. The motif was associated with death: crescent and stars were symbols for eternity and afterlife.
Rock crystal was valued...🧵1/2
📷 me
🏺
Rock crystal was valued...🧵1/2
📷 me
🏺
December 17, 2025 at 11:47 AM
A #Roman rock crystal ring decorated with a crescent and stars inlaid with gold foil - it looks like an emoji 🤩, but for the Romans this wasn’t just decoration. The motif was associated with death: crescent and stars were symbols for eternity and afterlife.
Rock crystal was valued...🧵1/2
📷 me
🏺
Rock crystal was valued...🧵1/2
📷 me
🏺
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There is no karma in this life,
Only the next.
The greatest act of kindness you perform,
Will become less than #memory,
Faded.
“But what have you done recently?”.
But the worst thing you do,
Will last,
And linger,
And be judged forever.
A societal albatross,
Around the neck.
#vss365
Only the next.
The greatest act of kindness you perform,
Will become less than #memory,
Faded.
“But what have you done recently?”.
But the worst thing you do,
Will last,
And linger,
And be judged forever.
A societal albatross,
Around the neck.
#vss365
December 16, 2025 at 9:04 AM
So get this, like, I got off the No. 1 and there was the 2. So I took it to the end of the line, where not long after the 4 came along, so I got on it which eventually led to the 8 then the 16. So, "Whoa," I said, "I'm so far from where I started." And this dude says, "Welcome my #boho bro."
#vss365
#vss365
December 15, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Reposted by Scott Leminski
26 new manuscripts from the Main Manuscript Collection are now digitized, indexed and available on duchas.ie.
More information: www.gaois.ie/assets/pdf/2...
More information: www.gaois.ie/assets/pdf/2...
December 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
26 new manuscripts from the Main Manuscript Collection are now digitized, indexed and available on duchas.ie.
More information: www.gaois.ie/assets/pdf/2...
More information: www.gaois.ie/assets/pdf/2...
"What's going on?"
"It's crucial that you understand that their society evolved around the concept of 12. 12 imbues everything they do. Without 12, they functionally begin to shut down."
"So?"
"With the death of Picquet, Team L has integrated you into squad 1 of 4, position 3."
#SciFiFri (Dozen)
"It's crucial that you understand that their society evolved around the concept of 12. 12 imbues everything they do. Without 12, they functionally begin to shut down."
"So?"
"With the death of Picquet, Team L has integrated you into squad 1 of 4, position 3."
#SciFiFri (Dozen)
December 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
"What's going on?"
"It's crucial that you understand that their society evolved around the concept of 12. 12 imbues everything they do. Without 12, they functionally begin to shut down."
"So?"
"With the death of Picquet, Team L has integrated you into squad 1 of 4, position 3."
#SciFiFri (Dozen)
"It's crucial that you understand that their society evolved around the concept of 12. 12 imbues everything they do. Without 12, they functionally begin to shut down."
"So?"
"With the death of Picquet, Team L has integrated you into squad 1 of 4, position 3."
#SciFiFri (Dozen)
#SciFiFri (White / Drink)
🧵1/12
The instruments continued to say there was water all around. Show that to Marcos and Taylor, floating in a sea of sand, waves of dunes buffeting them one way then the other. What succor can one pull from 19% humidity when a suit's recirculators can't keep up.
🧵1/12
The instruments continued to say there was water all around. Show that to Marcos and Taylor, floating in a sea of sand, waves of dunes buffeting them one way then the other. What succor can one pull from 19% humidity when a suit's recirculators can't keep up.
December 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
#SciFiFri (White / Drink)
🧵1/12
The instruments continued to say there was water all around. Show that to Marcos and Taylor, floating in a sea of sand, waves of dunes buffeting them one way then the other. What succor can one pull from 19% humidity when a suit's recirculators can't keep up.
🧵1/12
The instruments continued to say there was water all around. Show that to Marcos and Taylor, floating in a sea of sand, waves of dunes buffeting them one way then the other. What succor can one pull from 19% humidity when a suit's recirculators can't keep up.
December 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"Thank you," Thalia worked the letters on his badge together, "Robert. We are but passing strangers in this, your fair, city." She wished she had a greater mastery of the language. The cadence of her speech did not match at all those around her.
#WIPSnips (City)
#wip 'Matter of Choosing'
#WIPSnips (City)
#wip 'Matter of Choosing'
December 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Reposted by Scott Leminski
Late the blackbird in the greyed day
Short days filled to the brim with cold and Hunger
Still it's song lasts and brings joy
I envy its ability to work with the seasons
#vss365
Short days filled to the brim with cold and Hunger
Still it's song lasts and brings joy
I envy its ability to work with the seasons
#vss365
November 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Late the blackbird in the greyed day
Short days filled to the brim with cold and Hunger
Still it's song lasts and brings joy
I envy its ability to work with the seasons
#vss365
Short days filled to the brim with cold and Hunger
Still it's song lasts and brings joy
I envy its ability to work with the seasons
#vss365
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November 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Wonderlessly, the metal scav scoured its quad, collecting industrial detritus; later depositing the bits at its place of dock where they will be catalogued and sorted no longer with purpose.
High above, a train hummed along rails stretched across the valley.
#horrorprompt 2014 (Catastrophe)
High above, a train hummed along rails stretched across the valley.
#horrorprompt 2014 (Catastrophe)
November 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Wonderlessly, the metal scav scoured its quad, collecting industrial detritus; later depositing the bits at its place of dock where they will be catalogued and sorted no longer with purpose.
High above, a train hummed along rails stretched across the valley.
#horrorprompt 2014 (Catastrophe)
High above, a train hummed along rails stretched across the valley.
#horrorprompt 2014 (Catastrophe)
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Reposted by Scott Leminski
Rory checked all the #achievable goals available for the zone, forgetting that Esme was a new character and the list looked practically unending.
He had to start with the quests, the locations, transit hubs. All the usual. Then he could start on the more obscure ones. This was the fun part.
#vss365
He had to start with the quests, the locations, transit hubs. All the usual. Then he could start on the more obscure ones. This was the fun part.
#vss365
November 23, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Rory checked all the #achievable goals available for the zone, forgetting that Esme was a new character and the list looked practically unending.
He had to start with the quests, the locations, transit hubs. All the usual. Then he could start on the more obscure ones. This was the fun part.
#vss365
He had to start with the quests, the locations, transit hubs. All the usual. Then he could start on the more obscure ones. This was the fun part.
#vss365
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A helmet of a Thraex (Thracian) #gladiator found in the gladiatorial barracks in #Pompeii.
The different classes of gladiators can be distinguished by their armor and weapons. A Thraex was equipped with a small shield and a short, curved blade. The helmet, with...🧵1/3
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
The different classes of gladiators can be distinguished by their armor and weapons. A Thraex was equipped with a small shield and a short, curved blade. The helmet, with...🧵1/3
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
November 23, 2025 at 7:44 AM
A helmet of a Thraex (Thracian) #gladiator found in the gladiatorial barracks in #Pompeii.
The different classes of gladiators can be distinguished by their armor and weapons. A Thraex was equipped with a small shield and a short, curved blade. The helmet, with...🧵1/3
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
The different classes of gladiators can be distinguished by their armor and weapons. A Thraex was equipped with a small shield and a short, curved blade. The helmet, with...🧵1/3
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
"And, now for the payment #options. You can pay by:
a. debit;
b. credit;
c. gift card;
d. points;
e. song and dance — personally, this is my favourite;
f. a — Let me calculate this. Ah — 2300 word essay;
Let's see, there's also–
"Can I pay by cash?"
"Like, real money?"
#vss365
a. debit;
b. credit;
c. gift card;
d. points;
e. song and dance — personally, this is my favourite;
f. a — Let me calculate this. Ah — 2300 word essay;
Let's see, there's also–
"Can I pay by cash?"
"Like, real money?"
#vss365
November 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
#horrorprompt 2010 (Fragmented)
🧵1/5
Dr. Lewis awoke in a round, windowless room with a domed ceiling. Rushlights flickered eerily across the uneven wall. On closer inspection, Lewis discovered the wall was tiled with hundreds of reddish clay tablets, engraved with images and texts.
🧵1/5
Dr. Lewis awoke in a round, windowless room with a domed ceiling. Rushlights flickered eerily across the uneven wall. On closer inspection, Lewis discovered the wall was tiled with hundreds of reddish clay tablets, engraved with images and texts.
November 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
#horrorprompt 2010 (Fragmented)
🧵1/5
Dr. Lewis awoke in a round, windowless room with a domed ceiling. Rushlights flickered eerily across the uneven wall. On closer inspection, Lewis discovered the wall was tiled with hundreds of reddish clay tablets, engraved with images and texts.
🧵1/5
Dr. Lewis awoke in a round, windowless room with a domed ceiling. Rushlights flickered eerily across the uneven wall. On closer inspection, Lewis discovered the wall was tiled with hundreds of reddish clay tablets, engraved with images and texts.
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Exhausted,he sat at the table in the Area 51 diner. A double shift at the science lab was grueling. He peered down at his plate that had been brought by the strange server & watched food fragments form a portal. He touched it & fell into the past. #Scififri #vss365 #vsstimetravel
November 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Exhausted,he sat at the table in the Area 51 diner. A double shift at the science lab was grueling. He peered down at his plate that had been brought by the strange server & watched food fragments form a portal. He touched it & fell into the past. #Scififri #vss365 #vsstimetravel
"You slept through the whole weekend?"
"Pretty much. I gave #reality off."
"You. you did what?"
"Yeah, there was some weird stuff. Like my beard grew out as 12 dog whiskers, and every screen's content streamed backwards. But on the plus side, no snow fell on my driveway and walkways."
#vss365
"Pretty much. I gave #reality off."
"You. you did what?"
"Yeah, there was some weird stuff. Like my beard grew out as 12 dog whiskers, and every screen's content streamed backwards. But on the plus side, no snow fell on my driveway and walkways."
#vss365
November 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
#horrorprompt 2008 (that awful quiet)
🧵1/3
Bill finally received what he long sought - silence. He awoke from a restful sleep without hearing a sound. No arguments from the people next door. No honking nor revving of engines outside. None of the infernal city noises. Silence.
🧵1/3
Bill finally received what he long sought - silence. He awoke from a restful sleep without hearing a sound. No arguments from the people next door. No honking nor revving of engines outside. None of the infernal city noises. Silence.
November 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
#horrorprompt 2008 (that awful quiet)
🧵1/3
Bill finally received what he long sought - silence. He awoke from a restful sleep without hearing a sound. No arguments from the people next door. No honking nor revving of engines outside. None of the infernal city noises. Silence.
🧵1/3
Bill finally received what he long sought - silence. He awoke from a restful sleep without hearing a sound. No arguments from the people next door. No honking nor revving of engines outside. None of the infernal city noises. Silence.
#SciFiFri (Strange)
🧵1/3
"This is Samuel. He is one of the keepers here. Samuel this is Det. Harper."
"Samuel, is it? Can you tell me what you saw?"
"It was the oddest thing I ever seen.I thought it was only a myth. One of those things you only see in toons, you know. Anyway I-
🧵1/3
"This is Samuel. He is one of the keepers here. Samuel this is Det. Harper."
"Samuel, is it? Can you tell me what you saw?"
"It was the oddest thing I ever seen.I thought it was only a myth. One of those things you only see in toons, you know. Anyway I-
November 14, 2025 at 11:22 PM
#SciFiFri (Strange)
🧵1/3
"This is Samuel. He is one of the keepers here. Samuel this is Det. Harper."
"Samuel, is it? Can you tell me what you saw?"
"It was the oddest thing I ever seen.I thought it was only a myth. One of those things you only see in toons, you know. Anyway I-
🧵1/3
"This is Samuel. He is one of the keepers here. Samuel this is Det. Harper."
"Samuel, is it? Can you tell me what you saw?"
"It was the oddest thing I ever seen.I thought it was only a myth. One of those things you only see in toons, you know. Anyway I-
I figured out the day's sweet spot to arrive at the agency, arriving well after the morning rush and before the end-of-day crowd. Walking through the doors, I pulled a #number (97) from the dispenser leading to the waiting room. My eyes skip over a sullen mass to a display. NOW SERVING: 43
#vss365
#vss365
November 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM